Guidance

Breast screening: guidance for image reading

Guidance for radiologists, radiographic consultant practitioners, breast clinicians and radiographic advanced practitioners undertaking breast screening.

• From: NHS England
• Published: 16 February 2023
• Last updated: 27 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Breast screening: guidance for image reading

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National Breast Screening System (NBSS) guide for mammography image readers

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Details

This guidance covers:

• protocols for image reading
• information on facilities and equipment for image reading
• understanding quality standards for radiology

There is an accompanying National Breast Screening System (NBSS) user guide, explaining how to report images on NBSS.

This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

Published 16 February 2023
Last updated 27 September 2024 + show all updates

1. 27 September 2024

   Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.

2. 11 March 2024

   Section 4.2 - Film Reader QA updated. Total number of reads as a first reader has been updated.

3. 16 February 2023

   First published.